The motorcyclist who died Tuesday night in a two-vehicle crash on the south service road of Loop 250, just east of North Big Spring Street, has been identified as a 21-year-old Granbury man, according to a press release from the city’s spokeswoman.

Midland Police Department’s investigation revealed that Colten McDill was accelerating to pass two semi-trailer trucks at a point where the service road’s two lanes merge into one. McDill passed the first truck, hit a tire on the second truck and was thrown onto the road in the path of traffic, according to the release.

McDill, who died at the scene, was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

He is the 14th person to die on roads in Midland County this year, and the fourth motorcyclist, according to Reporter-Telegram records. According to previous Reporter-Telegram articles, the previous motorcycle wrecks were:

-- Jan. 19, when a Midland man died in a collision with a pickup at the intersection of Lamesa Road and Garden Lane;

-- May 20, when a Midland man died in a crash that occurred when a driver turned in front of the motorcycle on North Midland Drive; and

-- July 9, when a Princeton man failed to negotiate a curve in the road on Tradewinds Boulevard, then hit and dislodged a fire hydrant at the intersection of Champions Drive. He died four days later.